Freezer pleasers

From a quick mid-week meal to a roast dinner with all the trimmings, keep your freezer well stocked and you can eat whatever you fancy, whenever you fancy it! Take a look at these mouthwatering meal ideas, all to be found in the Asda freezer section

Meals in minutes

Some nights you want a hearty dinner without the hassle. Try these ideas for quick midweek meals and weekend treats

Saturday night’s alright for feasting
Treat the family to Saturday night burger and chips, home style. This is as good – and as easy – as it gets. Serve a rich and juicy Asda Cheese Quarter Pounder in a bun alongside McCain Winter Wedges, chunky cuts with rosemary and thyme.
Asda Cheese Quarter Pounder, £1.65 (454g; 36.3p/ 100g)
McCain Winter Wedges, £1 (750g; 13.3p/100g)

The rice is right
Can your local Chinese takeaway beat this – light, fluffy and perfectly cooked rice, ready in three minutes? Asda Egg Fried Rice is the latest addition to the range of convenient cooked rices. Each contains a 50g portion of vegetables to contribute towards your 5-A-Day. Serve on its own as a filling snack or as part of a main meal.
Asda Egg Fried Rice, £1.22 (800g; 15.3p/100g)

Having a ball
When you fancy putting your feet up with a tasty pizza and a good movie, nothing beats a Goodfella’s Deeply Delicious Pizza. This restaurant-quality range now uses a new French wheat flour for an even fluffier, crispier and deeper base. Try it the new Meatball variety – tasty beef meatballs, onions, mozzarella and red Cheddar, loaded on a Bolognese-style sauce.
Goodfella’s Deeply Delicious Meatball Pizza, £2.38 400g; 59.5p/100g)

Famous flavours
Here’s the perfect Saturday night treat – a dessert made from a crumbly biscuit base, topped with Baileys-flavoured cheesecake and finished in style with chocolate straws.
Baileys Cheesecake, £2.98 (500g; 59.6p/100g)

 

 

Something special

If you want exceptional foods that take little or no time to prepare, try these Asda Extra Special starters, mains and desserts, all in the freezer aisle

Making a meal from scratch brings a great sense of satisfaction. On the other hand, enjoying good food that involves little preparation is pretty satisfying, too – especially when you’re busy. If you want food made from excellent ingredients, prepared to the highest standards – and you want it now – choose Asda Extra Special from frozen.

King of the prawns
These large, juicy Madagascan king prawns make a superb starter, and because they’re cooked, peeled and ready to go, there’s no time-consuming preparation involved. Simply thaw and serve with hunks of crusty wholemeal bread, mayonnaise and a lemon wedge.
Asda Extra Special Cooked & Peeled King Prawns, £3 (240g; £1.25/100g)

Choice chicken dinner
Make a proper evening meal in no time with this lean chicken breast, delicately flavoured with sage and onion. Just cook it in the oven with ready-to-roast frozen potatoes, and serve with vegetables.
Asda Extra Special Sage & Onion Chicken, £2 (300g; 66.7p/100g)

As easy as pie
Slice into the golden, butter-enriched pastry of Asda Extra Special Steak Pie and savour chunks of prime steak in a rich, intense gravy. This is steak pie at its finest – and, best of all, there’s absolutely no hard work for you to do.
Asda Extra Special Steak Pie, £3 (500g; 60p/100g)

A lavish affair                    
A classic English dessert gets the Extra Special treatment with this sweet, rich sponge made with chopped dates and smothered in a sticky toffee sauce. Needless to say, it tastes divine!
Asda Extra Special Sticky Toffee Pudding, £3 (500g; 60p/100g)

 

 

Light of your life

Stock up the freezer and you’ll always have ingredients at hand to create lighter meals and lunches

Salmon supreme
These succulent salmon fillets taste great brushed with pesto. Serve with vegetables and new potatoes. 
Asda Extra Special Sockeye Salmon Fillets, £3 (240g; £1.25p/100g)

Sliced and ready to go
Asda Sliced Mushrooms are cleaned, sliced and frozen at their best. Use them straight from the freezer in soups, stir-fries, sauces and omelettes.
Asda Sliced Mushrooms, 94p (500g; 18.8p/100g)

Finger on the pulse
All over the nation, half-used cans of peas and beans lurk forgotten in the back of the fridge. It’s a great reason for picking up these frozen chickpeas and kidney beans – just use what you want and return the rest to the freezer.
Asda Frozen Chickpeas, £1.28 (500g; 25.6p/ 100g); Asda Frozen Kidney Beans, £1.28 (500g; 25.6p/100g)

Freeze me!
Using ingredients from frozen isn’t just a convenient way to create quick and tasty meals, it can also mean you enjoy food at its very best. This is because freezing can help keep food in prime condition. It helps lock in the goodness so you can benefit from all the flavour and nutritional goodness of foods whenever you like – provided you’ve remembered to fill up the freezer!

Moroccan meatballs

No need to defrost these meatballs – just cook straight from frozen

Serves 3-4
Ready in 35 minutes

1tbsp vegetable oil
336g pack Asda Frozen
12 Beef Meatballs
1 onion, sliced
1tsp ground cumin
1tsp ground coriander
½tsp turmeric
1 cinnamon stick
400g can Asda Chopped Tomatoes
300ml beef stock
150g Asda Ready To Eat Dried Apricots
couscous, chopped flat-leaf parsley and flaked almonds, to serve

1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the meatballs. Cook for 4-5 minutes or until browned. Remove from the pan and add the onion. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
2 Add all the spices and the cinnamon stick, and cook for 1 minute, then stir in the tomatoes, stock and apricots. Bring to the boil and reduce the heat. Return the meatballs to the pan, season, then cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the sauce has thickened and the meatballs are cooked through.
3 Serve with couscous garnished with parsley and flaked almonds.

Having a ball
These Asda meatballs are made from rich and tender beef, seasoned with a little salt and black pepper to bring out their natural flavour. Meatballs are a classic ingredient in pasta and sauce recipes, and they also bring a hearty touch to casseroles. They can be used in recipes straight from frozen, so can bring an instant winter warmer to your meals.
Asda Frozen 12 Beef Meatballs, £1.50 (336g; 44.6p/100g)

 

Ready, steady, roast

MAKE A GREAT ROAST IN MINUTES WITH THESE FROZEN TIME SAVERS

Perfect pork, super spuds
This boneless, ready-to-roast pork loin joint is filled with a moist pork and apple stuffing. Just pop it in the oven with McCain Simply Gorgeous Roasting Potatoes – they’re made from the finest British potatoes cooked and then basted in flavoursome goose fat.
Asda Stuffed Pork Joint, £5 (750g; 67.7p/100g); McCain Simply Gorgeous Roasting Potatoes, £2.28 (550g; 41.5p/100g)

You great big pudding
Aunt Bessie’s Large, Light and Crispy Yorkshire Puddings are larger and deeper than the original for a truly royal roast. And they’re ready from the oven in four minutes. 
Aunt Bessie’s Large Light and Crispy 6 Yorkshire Puddings, £1.59 (250g; 63.6p/100g)

Don’t forget your veg
Choose the smallest and sweetest peas seasoned with mint for a light and fresh flavour, or go for crunchy carrot batons with aromatic coriander.
Birds Eye Tasty Veg Minted Peas, £1.49 (300g; 49.7p/100g); Birds Eye Tasty Veg Carrot & Coriander, £1.49 (300g; 49.7p/100g)

A fine fruity finish
New recipe Aunt Bessie’s Apple Pie is packed with 50 per cent more juicy Bramley apples and comes in a buttery shortcrust pastry. The perfect finish to your easy Sunday roast.
Aunt Bessie’s Apple Pie, £1.99 (500g; 39.8p/100g)